List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2016 (Japan)
# List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2016 (Japan)

The following is a list of number-one singles on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart in 2016.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) |
| - | - | - |
| January 4 | "Christmas Song" | Back Number |
| January 11 | "Torisetsu" | Kana Nishino |
| January 18 | "Boymen Ninja" | Boys and Men |
| January 25 | "Hane" | Koshi Inaba |
| February 1 | "Hikari no Shizuku" | NEWS |
| February 8 | "Ageha" | Generations from Exile Tribe |
| February 15 | "Wanna be!" | Boys and Men |
| February 22 | "Tragedy" | KAT-TUN |
| February 29 | "Letters to Tomorrow" | Aoi Teshima |
| March 7 | "Fukkatsu Love" | Arashi |
| March 14 | "Unlock" | KAT-TUN |
| March 21 | "Kimi wa Melody" | AKB48 |
| March 28 | "Gravity" | Kis-My-Ft2 |
| April 4 | "Harujion ga Sakukoro" | Nogizaka46 |
| April 11 | "Chicken Line" | SKE48 |
| April 18 | "Silent Majority" | Keyakizaka46 |
| April 25 | "74 Okubun no 1 no Kimi e" | HKT48 |
| May 2 | "Gyakuten Winner" | Johnny's West |
| May 9 | "Amagami Hime" | NMB48 |
| May 16 | "Shouri no Hi made" | Sexy Zone |
| May 23 | "Maji SUNSHINE" | Hey! Say! JUMP |
| May 30 | "I Seek/Daylight" | Arashi |
| June 6 | "Boku no Namae wo" | back number |
| June 13 | "Tsubasa wa Iranai" | AKB48 |
| June 20 | "Beautiful World" | V6 |
| June 27 | "L.U.V" | BTOB |
| July 4 | "Hi-Fi☆Days" | The Cinderella Project |
| July 11 | "Namida" | Generations from Exile Tribe |
| July 18 | "Tsumi to Natsu" | Kanjani Eight |
| July 25 | "Koi wo Shiranai Kimi e" | NEWS |
| August 1 | "Bara to Taiyo" | KinKi Kids |
| August 8 | "Hadashi de Summer" | Nogizaka46 |
| August 15 | "Boku wa Inai" | NMB48 |
| August 22 | "Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai" | Keyakizaka46 |
| August 29 | "Kin no Ai, Gin no Ai" | SKE48 |
| September 5 | "Sha la la☆Summer Time" | Kis-My-Ft2 |
| September 12 | "Love Trip" | AKB48 |
| September 19 | "Saikō Kayo" | HKT48 |
| September 26 | "Power of the Paradise" | Arashi |
| October 3 | "Zenzenzense" | Radwimps |
| October 10 | "Dumb & Dumber" | iKon |
| October 17 | "Another Starting Line" | Hi-Standard |
| October 24 | "Koi" | Gen Hoshino |
| October 31 | "Koi" | Gen Hoshino |
| November 7 | "Fantastic Time" | Hey! Say! JUMP |
| November 14 | "PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)" | Pikotaro |
| November 21 | "Sayonara no Imi" | Nogizaka46 |
| November 28 | "High Tension" | AKB48 |
| December 5 | "Koi" | Gen Hoshino |
| December 12 | "Futari Saison" | Keyakizaka46 |
| December 19 | "Koi" | Gen Hoshino |
| December 26 | "Koi" | Gen Hoshino |
